KONAMI Arcade Championship: Difference between revisions

* Final Round: November 20th, 23rd, 26th, 27th, December 3rd

* Award ceremony: December 4th

The first installment had 12 games in total, including seven BEMANI titles. Each participant participated in one of five regions: Hokkaido/Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kansai/Chugoku, and Shikoku/Kyushu/Okinawa, based on the participant's prefecture they reside on.

== 2012 ==

* Website: http://p.eagate.573.jp/game/kac2012/p/index.html

== 2013 ==

* Website: http://p.eagate.573.jp/game/kac2013/p/index.html

The Finals were also split into two parts, with only a few top players advancing to the second part to determine the winner. For SOUND VOLTEX, GuitarFreaks and DrumMania, a single-elimination bracket was held.

* Website: http://p.eagate.573.jp/game/kac2014/p/index.html

* Qualifying Round: December 22nd, 2014 - January 19th, 2015

* Final Round: February 14th, 2015 (March 22nd, 2015 for SOUND VOLTEX)

The 4th KONAMI Arcade Championship saw numerous changes: the naming scheme has been changed from year to ordinal because the schedule did not end within the single year, and the competition was held on JAEPO which has been a staple since. ''ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom'' participated in the event, though only the highest-ranked player in the qualifier rounds was immediately declared the winner. pop'n music also introduced the one-off Ojama division, which challenged players with applied modifier/Ojama restrictions. The ''BEMANI Master'' special category was removed. The finals for the tournament would run concurrently with another tournament, [[Tenkaichi otogesai|天下一音ゲ祭]], which would run for another four years until its final installment in 2019.

** December 3rd, 2015 - January 20th, 2016 (beatmania IIDX, BeatStream, DanceDanceRevolution, DanceEvolution, DrumMania and GuitarFreaks divisions)

** December 10th, 2015 - January 7th, 2016 (MÚSECA division only)

* Final round:

** January 30th, 2016 (jubeat, MÚSECA, pop'n music, REFLEC BEAT and SOUND VOLTEX divisions; Tokaigi 2016)

* Qualifying Round: November 24th, 2016 10:00 (JST)

* Semifinal Round: December 1st, 2016 - January 12th, 2017

* Final Round: February 11th - 12th, 2017

Like the two previous installments of KAC, the competition finals were held at JAEPO and with new changes that would come in future tournaments. This competition marked the first and only time beatmania IIDX had a Double Play event and a new format which would later become official as ARENA MODE, whereas jubeat introduced the Team format where four players formed a team to play songs in unison. The DanceDanceRevolution also accepted players from North America (Canada, Mexico, and United States) with its own qualifying division for the first time as well. BeatStream was the only active BEMANI title at the time not to participate in this event.

* Semi-Final round West Japan Area: 28/01/2018

* Final round: 10/02/2018

While both MÚSECA and REFLEC BEAT are not participating this event despite still being active BEMANI titles, The 7th installment introduced yet another first for the Qualifier Rounds with brand-new entry songs for them. Seven out of eight divisions received two new songs (except SOUND VOLTEX), one with a single entry song shared between all eight divisions, [[Be a Hero!]], and a second song for its respective division: [[AI]] (jubeat), [[nalca]] (pop'n music), [[Navy blue sea]] (DrumMania and GuitarFreaks), [[Reach The Sky, Without you]] (DanceDanceRevolution), [[tears proof masquerade]] (ノスタルジア), and [[Shin ou -RESONANCE-|神謳 -RESONANCE-]] (beatmania IIDX). Two other qualifying methods are also added as well, which were Semi-Final round (applicable for Japanese players who either advanced from the East or West region, for beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution, and SOUND VOLTEX divisions only) and a Champion exemption (winners from the respective division were directly qualified to the finals).

* Semi-Final round West Japan Area: 14/01/2019

* Final round: 26/01/2019 - 27/01/2019

The majority of rules and competition formats in The 7th KAC (including the Semi-final and the Champion exemption) were kept intact, with the inclusion of the Recital category for the ノスタルジア division, and DANCERUSH participating in the tournament for the first time. The 8th KAC marked the last time 天下一音ゲ祭 was held during the finals concurrently. The jubeat category for both divisions were now included in the Semi-Final Rounds as well.

* Qualifying round: 27/11/2019 - 07/01/2020

** BEMANI esports Championship 2019 Qualifying round: 07/11/2019 - 20/11/2019

* Semi-Final round East Japan Area: 19/01/2020

* Semi-Final round West Japan Area: 26/01/2020

* Final round (GuitarFreaks, ノスタルジア, and jubeat): 02/02/2020 (esports GINZA studio)

* Final round (beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution and SOUND VOLTEX): 08/02/2020 (JAEPO 2020)

Similar to The 8th KAC, the competition had three Rounds: Qualifying, Semi-Final, and Final. The Qualifier Round along with the Team competition for the jubeat division were retained. Similar to previous KAC rounds, players or teams with the highest scores after each Qualifier Round advanced to the Semi-Finals (for Japanese players) or Finals (for Overseas players and all players of the DANCERUSH division). The two champions of the beatmania IIDX and SOUND VOLTEX divisions, U*TAKA and MINI respectively, were directly qualified to the Finals.

* Website: https://p.eagate.573.jp/game/kac/kac10th/pre/index.html

* Qualifying Round: December 23rd, 2020 10:00 (JST) - April 20th, 2021 (originally February 2nd, 2021)

* Final Round (Guitar Freaks, DrumMania, jubeat, DanceDanceRevolution, and SOUND VOLTEX): February 11th, 2022

* Final Round (ノスタルジア, DANCERUSH, pop'n music, and beatmania IIDX): February 12th, 2022

The 10th KONAMI Arcade Championship saw many changes to its format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike other years, only players living in Japan were eligible to enter, no semi-finals were being held, and the finals were being held without an audience at the esports GINZA studio located inside KONAMI's main offices, as JAEPO 2021, its traditional venue, was cancelled. The Champion exemption was also removed as well. Guest commentators were also not physically present at the venue, instead conducted by webcam telecommunication.